Enrollment Trends at Minnesota West Community and Tec

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 3,311 where 3,695 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

The female to male ratio is 1.07 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in Minnesota West Community and Tec.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Minnesota West Community and Technical College since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	3,026	1,345	1,681
2016-17	3,050 24	1,326 -19	1,724 43
2017-18	3,162 112	1,452 126	1,710 -14
2018-19	3,362 200	1,631 179	1,731 21
2019-20	3,421 59	1,578 -53	1,843 112
2020-21	3,253 -168	1,519 -59	1,734 -109
2021-22	3,347 94	1,675 156	1,672 -62
2022-23	3,352 5	1,631 -44	1,721 49
2023-24	3,438 86	1,649 18	1,789 68
2024-25	3,695 257	1,782 133	1,913 124
Average	3,311	1,559	1,752

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 71.12%. The percentage was 77.86% 10 years ago and Minnesota West Community and Tec still has a high percentage of white students. 2.41% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.60% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 12.18% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 77.86% to 71.12%. Asian enrollment declined from 3.01% to 2.41%. Black student enrollment decreased from 4.92% to 4.60%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 6.81% to 12.18%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.4759 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3856 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Minnesota West Community and Technical College over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	15	91	149	206	5	2,356	46
2016-17	26	81	125	285	4	2,316	59
2017-18	24	96	169	318	1	2,308	62
2018-19	28	90	206	345	2	2,414	54
2019-20	32	104	216	341	0	2,418	73
2020-21	25	87	206	286	2	2,472	60
2021-22	18	71	214	310	0	2,516	78
2022-23	24	68	155	369	1	2,516	74
2023-24	24	71	158	375	2	2,518	78
2024-25	29	89	170	450	8	2,628	91
Average	25	85	177	329	3	2,446	68